Australian students are set to get a healthy boost following the launch of a national initiative to get more vegetables on school lunch menus and transform students’ attitudes toward getting their daily serves. read more

After a long and cold winter, peppers are pricey. Green peppers are significantly more expensive than usual, trading at R23(1.1 euro) per kilogram, close to the average market price for red peppers. Yellow peppers are almost R40 (1.93 euro) per kilogram. read more

Mercadona, the physical supermarket and online sales company, today ends the 2022/23 season of oranges and mandarins from Spain with a purchase balance of more than 196,000 tonnes. In total, Mercadona has bought more than 200,000 tonnes of citrus fruit in the 22/23 season.
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Spain is the world’s second largest producer and exporter of garlic. “For that reason, we selected Spain as a sourcing country when we expanded our product offering with garlic earlier this year,” says Aaron Quon with Oppy. “The country’s reputation for consistently producing
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Ideal conditions in one of Australia's biggest winter vegetable growing regions have seen the volume of produce skyrocket. The vegetable glut has led to an oversupply which, given the basic law of supply and demand, should lead to cheaper vegetables for the consumer. read more

Wholesale prices for watermelon have been declining quite rapidly on the Moldovan market. Judging by the weekly wholesale price monitoring of EastFruit, the average price for watermelons during the past decreased by 20% – to 4 lei /kg ($0.23/kg) from 5-6 lei / kg ($ 0.28-0.34 / kg) in the
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Nationwide Produce have received the first new season Kiwiberries imported from Portugal. These Kiwiberries with their unique characteristics and are growing in popularity among UK consumers. read more

The harvest of Gilda, the nectarine variety offered by OP Granfrutta Zani, has begun. A distinctive fruit characterized by a deep red skin and white flesh with red veins radiating towards the stone. read more

It’s been a strange year in organic bananas from Mexico. “We usually have a lot of production during the summer months and that has not been the case. Production has slowed down quite a bit, at least in Mexico,” says Mayra Velazquez de León, president and CEO of Organics Unlimited. read more

Japan’s MY 2022/23 cherry production recovered. FAS/Japan forecasts cherry production will further increase in MY 2023/24 due to favorable weather conditions. U.S. sweet cherry exports to Japan bounce back in MY 2023/24 buoyed by tariff elimination and recovered U.S. production. FAS/Japan
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The new Conference pear season is about to start in Belgium, which means the Corina season is almost over. These early Corina pears are on the market until the first Conferences appear and have sold well again this year. "The market was empty, so prices were quite high. I think growers and
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More than a thousand participants gave their support to agriculture in an event which, for the second consecutive year, took place along the promenade of Santiago de la Ribera, (San Javier) and which was attended by various local authorities such as José Miguel Luengo, Mayor of San Javier.
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Nineteen countries have extended the ban on exports of 25 food products until December 2023. For Bangladesh, and many other countries all over the world, this is causing an increase in food prices. read more

A calm citrus demand is typical in August, says Eddy Kreukniet of Exsa Europe. "Many people are on vacation, and then consumption drops, despite promotions. It hasn't been more or less than other years, though," he begins. read more

For just six weeks out of the year, the end-of-season Keitt mango variety is available. Grown in Mexico’s latest mango region North Sinaloa, the 2023 season for Mexican Keitt mangos officially began the second week of August and is projected to last several weeks into September, depending on
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The Egyptian sweet potato campaign has just begun and will last until February 2024, in a context of lower volumes than in the same period of the previous season, and strong demand. Ayman El Sayed, Sales and Export Manager at Fresh Zone, gives an overview of the campaign kick-off. read more

Israel’s 2023 pomegranate season started earlier this month (August) with an empty European market paying higher prices for this fruit. Yinon Osem, CEO of Edom Fruits: “We started our season over the last two weeks. There was a big and very good overlap between Peru and Israel. Peru was
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Arugula and cherry tomatoes are the main products delivered from the vegetable gardens of Italy in the summer, as Rasim Shateri, managing director of Gemex Handels GmbH, based at the Berlin wholesale market, tells us. He offers arugula twelve months a year with origin in Italy. "In the last
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Along with other destinations, Morocco has been actively increasing its avocado exports to Germany, reports EastFruit. The exports to the German market have more than quadrupled since the MY 2016/17 (Jul-Jun) and reached 5,000 tonnes valued at $17 mln. read more

Romanian producer Hortifruct has announced an increase in production in 2023 of over 20 million cans, bottles and jars, compared to 2022. These figures are estimated due to increased production, as Hortifruct planted more vegetables at the beginning of the year than last year. The expectations
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